U.S. Army Stryker Master Gunner School

Please take a moment and honor those we have lost. This is to those who gave all and those who can’t be here. We love you and we honor you in our memories, thoughts and our prayers. Gone but never forgotten. It’s a honor Memorial Day for our fallen.

SMG Class 24-001 great job and go forward and do great things. Congratulations to SFC Faubus for winning instructor of the cycle. Thank you Jack Cooper for a wonderful sharing speech

Reminder graduation today at 10 minus 41 minutes on this link http://facebook.com/129infantry

1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment (Official Account of 1-29 IN BN) The Army’s Premier Lethality and Force Modernization Battalion

Tomororow March 7 2024 at 1300 Eastern Standard Time we will have our graduation with 12 starting and 12 finishing. You can view the graduation of Stryker Master Gunner Class 24-001 on this link
http://facebook.com/129infantry

1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment (Official Account of 1-29 IN BN) The Army’s Premier Lethality and Force Modernization Battalion

Want to congratulate Joseph Faubus Sergeant First Class, Team Chief who just got promoted and also decided to reenlist and stay in the army. Great NCO and awesome soldier.

I’m very humbled and proud to present the newest members of SOS Saving Our Soldiers/Soldiers Overcoming Su***de. Great group of Ncos and Soldiers who accepted the challenge and are ready to impact the force by reducing su***de within our ranks

Want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving and time to reflect on what to be thankful for.

This fiscal year 24 classes are set with a report date of January 10, 2024 and start date of January 11, 2024 for 24-001.

The next class is a report day of April 21, 2024 and start date of April 22, 2024 for 24-002.

The final class for the year is a report date of August 8, 2024 and a start date of August 9, 2024 for 24-003.

For the prospective students, please start reading the IWTS TC 3-20.0 the 2019 version to get ahead and feel free to reach me at my email [email protected] or reach me on here.

May this holiday season and new year be a blessing to everyone and may you find peace, joy and happiness.

Thank you for your support, your time and your effort.

Very respectfully and humbly.

So proud of these guys great job everyone

Good evening and happy Juneteenth weekend to everyone. I am happy to announce we have graduation tomorrow June 16th at 1300 eastern standard time for U.S. Army Stryker Master Gunner School. You are invited to come or watch on Facebook live via 1st Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment page tomorrow as well. Want to congratulate SSG Joseph Faubus for being voted instructor of the cycle as he did an outstanding job. Also want to recognize SSG Faubus and SSG Wilson AKA Tony for earning there MOVSM medals for volunteer service. Great job gents you are phenomenal.

Stryker Master Gunner Class 23-002. Job well done. Congratulations to SSG Anthony (Tony) Wilson for earning instructor of the cycle. Very innovative and creative and helped the Students grasp the complexity of some material. Great job Tony. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations to newest Master Gunners Romeo 8 in the force. Class 23-002 you guys are awesome and you did extremely well going through the course. Very proud of each and every one of you.

Sad to see another great instructor leave the school house but also happy as the army is getting another valuable commodity of a leader in the force. SFC Gregory Morgan will sure be missed from his insight to his jokes and his absolute demand to inspire and challenge students to be their best. Great job Greg you are exceptional. Safe travels and Good luck brother

"Do you know the Missile Man?"
"Well sure, he lives at Stryker Gun School."

Not anymore. Good luck folks, remember to delete Area H and don't leave the ATVVs in reserve. Let er rip tater chip!

Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good Boresight!

For our New Years resolution we are going to check and service (if need be) the friction brakes every other Monday. Check out this article to find the procedures:

Stryker: Regular Maintenance Required for RWS Friction Brake The Stryker’s remote weapon system’s friction brake requires regular maintenance. Read on for more information …

Class 23-001 did a amazing job and made it all the way through. They selected SFC Gregory Morgan as the instructor of the cycle and as usual he built a great relationship with the students and molded and developed them above standard. Just want to say thank you to Gregory Morgan for his outstanding work. Would also like to thank SSG Tony Wilson, SSG Joseph Faubus and SSG Sean Hanks as without them this course would fail and they are vital to the success of this course and others. Class 23-001 go forward, make it happen and be the leaders I know you to be. Big shout out to CSM Reyes for his speech, motivated the entire Brigade to be better leaders for their organizations. Overall great job everyone. Without you we would all fail. One team one fight.

Come one come all to the graduation of SMGC class 23-001. Franks Auditorium, Long Hall @1230

What started as a Maverick Troop tradition in 2020: Stache-Tober, has been continued by SMG. This year we carried on all the way through No Shave November, here we see the final results. See below for award winners

Class 23-001 has completed the range portion of the Stryker Master Gunner Course. We give the students a chance to experience a small, platoon sized gunnery and deal with issues here with instructors mentorship before going out to the force. The ability to make mistakes and have the time and patience to stop and reflect on the decisions made is intended to produce adaptive Master Gunners able to run towers in adverse conditions.

This past Monday SSCC 23-001 graduated, earning the R4 ASI. The course gives students a foundational knowledge of the Army Engagement Process and culminates with an abbreviated Table VI fired from a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle. Though the class size was small, their personality was mighty, we thank the students for making the experience special.

Fresh Meat: the newest SMG instructor; Tony "Two Rings" Wilson, cuts his teeth on ATGM Fire Control System. The topic is challenging but SSG Wilson proved he is a very capable instructor during rigorous checkout procedures. Started with 11 and we will finish with 11, good luck men.

Our graduates can tell you and your commanders exactly how to beat this.... thing/contraption

Instructors were excited to get back in class and back on the vehicles for class 23-001, the largest class the schoolhouse has had in three years: 11 students. 23-001 includes the first Marine student and our second 74D. Keep up the fire and we will graduate 11 fellas!

Bit of a read but if you care about any of the folks, please read til the end.

"We've all heard so many nice things about MSG Eckert, let's all say something we hate about him..."
There's not much you can hate about Zack Eckert, a fantastic boss, a hell of a mentor. Zack will be missed by all at the U.S. Army Stryker Master Gunner School. Indeed the only reason there is still a Stryker Master Gunner program can largely be attributed to MSG Eckert's tireless efforts. Thank You.

SFC Cress Codling has bridged the gap from Team 1.0 all the way to 3.0. He taught most of the instructors in the photos below both in school and afterword, when we returned to carry on the program. His experience and stalwart attitude braced the branch through Covid and the MGS Divestiture, truly turbulent times. Though a notorious cheater at COD, Cress could really spin a yarn, we will miss your raunchy stories.

Last and Least is SFC Mark Walton, he really did a job. Definitely in the Army.....

Just kidding Mark, he revamped the MGS program drastically improving the passing rates for some of the hardest tests on Ft Benning. We won't miss Mark at all however, mostly because he still works in the Squadron.

Sharpening the spear: SSG Wilson conducts hands on exercises on the ATGM with emphasis on component identification, description, and location.

*Flash message*

Tomorrow during the maneuver conference, we will announce the timeline for the awarding of ASI R8 to all 11B graduates. For those who have attended the course, thank you for your patience! For those waiting for the sign to come through, this is it!

-MSG Eckert

SSCC class 22-005 Graduated today!

This week the Stryker Branch conducted a qualification range with SSCC students. It was a status quo range except for the fact it was the last time that "The Boss" MSG Eckert would participate. That being the case we all came together to remove administrative duties from MSG Eckert and gave him a chance to get his hands dirty and train some 2LTs again.